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HOW HEARST TREATED FRANK CASE
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BIG PROBE STARTED BY
EIGHT ALDERMEN
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-Will Search Street Car, Gas, Light and Phone Corpora-.
tions Want to Knouf Whether City-Owned
and City-Run Utilities Will Give Yoa
More for Your Money.
There's a big piece of machinery in
Chicago. You drop nickels into it
every day. You slip dollars into it
.every year.
Does this piece of machinery give
you a square deal? Or does it give
you bunk and cheat you with high
prices, overcharge and bum service,
where you ought to get good service?
i Eight aldermen of council public
Townership committee today or
ganized to put a searchlight into this
big pi ce of machinery "and see what
they find.
- They will look into street car, gas,
electric and telephone corporations
of Chicago. They want to find out
whether you get more for your nickel
or your dollar when you buy service
from these companies.
Six men in Chicago run this public
utility machine. Most of the profits
go to New York banks.
Now that the people of Chicago
have had nearly all power of regulat
ing these corporations taken away
from them and placed in the hands
of the state legislature, this pubhc
ownership committee will try to
answer the question:
" What's the chance that the people
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